Bracket or support for curtain-poles



(No Model.)

J. W. LESLIE.

l BRACKET 0R SUPPORT FOB. CURTAIN POLBS. No. 445,628. Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

ct and inclined part a', so bent and formed as ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES IV. LESLIE, OF EVERET, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACKET OR SUPPORT FOR CURTA|N-POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,628, dated February 3, 1891.

Application filed March 12, 1890. Serial No. 343,644. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JAMES W. LESLIE, of Everett, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Brackets or Supports for Curtain-Poles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a bracket for curtain-poles, it being so adjustable as to compensate for poles of different diameter.

In accordance with this invention two arms are employed to engage and hold between them the pole, and said arms are adjustable toward and from each other, and a suitable locking device is provided for locking the arms in whatever position they may be placed. A support is provided for the arms which is designed to be secured to the wall or other suitable place, and the said arms are adjustable on this support toward and from its point of attachment, and the locking device is so constructed and arranged as to hold the arms in any desired position on the support, as well as with relation to each other, as before stated.

Figure l shows in longitudinal section a bracket or support for curtain-poles embodying this invention, the locking device represented being in position to lock the pole-holding arms firmly on the support; Fig. 2, asimilar sectional view of the support or bracket, the locking device being in position to permit the pole-holding arms to be moved on the support, and also independently one with relation to the other; Fig. 3, a cross-sectional detail taken on the dotted line m x, Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a top View of the bracket shown in section in Fig. l.

The support comprises then horizontal part to constitute a bracket, and said support -is provided with eyes or sockets a2, in which suitable screws or other fastenings may be placed. Two pole-holding arms b c are arranged opposite each other and slightly curved, as shown, to embrace and hold between them the pole. The pole-holding arm c is formed integral with a base-plate c,which moves on the part a of the support or bracket in a horizontal plane. The pole-holding arm b is formed as a part of a base-plate b', moving on the base-plate c of the pole-holding arm when in a horizontal plane. A collar d Vincloses the parts L c b, said collar serving as a guide-block for the horizontally-movable pole-holding arms.

A locking device is provided for holding the arms rigidly one with relation to the other, and also for holding the arms rigidly to the support, and, as herein shown, I have provided a single locking device capable of accomplishing both the functions to be described.

The locking device herein shown consists of a lever e, pivoted to ears e of the collar d, and having a cam or projection c2 at the opposite side of its pivotal connection, so that as the lever is turned from the horizontal position shown in Fig. 2 to the vertical position shown in Fig. 3 the cam or projection ezbears down firmly on the base portion b', pressing it firmly in contact with the base portion c and the latter in contact with the guide-block d. jection e2 iirmly binds the parts in whatever position they may be placed.

The pole-holding arm b, when the locking device is in horizontal position, as shown in Eig. 2, may move back and forth, and so also the pole-holding arm c.

I do not desire to limit my invention to any particular form of locking device, nor to any particular construction of the independentlymovable pole-holding arms, as they may materially vary and not come within the scope of my invention.

l. A bracket for curtain-poles, consisting of two pole-holding arms adjustably movable independently toward and from each other to embrace and hold the pole between them, and a support for said. arms, substantially as described.

2. A bracket for curtain-poles, consisting of two separable pole-holding arms,a looking device therefor, and a support upon which said arms are longitudinally adjustable, substantially as described.

3. A bracket for curtain-poles, consisting of two vertical arms, one of which is adjustn ably movable toward and from the other to Thus it will be seen that this cam or pro- 'j IOO thereby embrace poles of different sizes, a locking device,v and a support, substantialljy as described. A

4. A bracket for curtain-poles, consisting of two pole-holding arms, one of which is adjustably movable toward and from the other to embrace and hold the pole between them, a locking device having a cam or projection pivoted to a guide-block, a guide-block inclos- 

